Grayson, who set several CSU and Mountain West records during his four-year career with the Rams, will join Heisman winners Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota, as well as Baylor’s Bryce Petty and UCLA’s Brett Hundley at the Gruden camp.Read more…

Garrett Grayson throws during his pro day at CSU on Monday. (Jenny Sparks, Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Colorado State quarterback Garrett Grayson, whom many NFL analysts have rated among the top five QB prospects in this year’s draft, worked out for 16 scouts from 12 NFL teams at CSU’s indoor practice facility on Monday during his pro day.

According to The Coloradoan’s Kelly Lyell, the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers both had two scouts attending Grayson’s workout, while the Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New York Jets and St. Louis Rams also had scouts there.

Grayson, who didn’t participate in the NFL combine in Indianapolis last month because of an injured hamstring, completed 70 of 74 throws and, according to Lyell, posted unofficial 40-yard dash times of 4.72 and 4.76. Gray’s 40 times would have placed him seventh among quarterbacks at the combine; Marcus Mariota of Oregon posted a combine-best time of 4.52 among quarterbacks.

“There was some people out there that said I’d be lucky to run a 5-flat (40),” Grayson said. “I’m happy with what I ran. Like I said, quarterbacks don’t get paid to run 40s. I don’t know how many 40s Tom Brady has ran, but he’s won four Super Bowls.”

FORT COLLINS — While covering CSU football last fall, I wrote many stories involving each of the the Rams who will participate in Wednesday’s “Pro Day” on the Fort Collins campus, another part of the buildup to the NFL draft.

As a way of introduction to NFL fans who didn’t follow CSU football, or re-introduction to those who did, I’ll share links to a few profile-type pieces on the Rams hoping to land in the NFL.

— Tackle Ty Sambrailo, including his alpine ski racer background with an amazing picture of him competing at age 12.

— Quarterback Garrett Grayson, including how he got from southwest Washington to CSU. (Because of a healing hamstring injury, Grayson isn’t scheduled to participate Wednesday and will hold a Pro Day-type workout March 23.) Read more…

Offensive tackle Ty Sambrailo was five Colorado State players invited to the 2015 NFL Combine. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post

Five Colorado State players were invited to the 2015 NFL Combine in Indianapolis, where they were put through four days of drills in front of pro coaches. Quarterback Garrett Grayson did not participate because he injured his hamstring, according to USA Today Sports. Here are the final results of the four who did participate.

Aaron Davis, OLB

Garrett Grayson, QB

Dee Hart, RB

Jared Roberts, K

Tyler Sambrailo, OT

40-yd. dash

4.95 sec.

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4.80 sec.

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5.36 sec.

Bench press

16 reps

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23 reps

Vertical jump

29.0 in.

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33.0 in.

29.0 in.

Broad jump

107.0 in.

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113.0 in.

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97.0 in.

3-cone drill

7.38 sec.

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7.20 sec.

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7.54 sec. (5)

20-yd. shuttle

4.37 sec.

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4.38 sec.

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4.58 sec.

60-yd. shuttle

12.01 sec.

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GRADE

5.18

5.37

5.02

4.77

5.55

(#) Positional ranking

The combine’s grading system explained:

No grade: Likely needs time in developmental league.4.50-4.74: Chance to be in an NFL training camp4.75-4.99: Should be in an NFL training camp5.00: 50-50 Chance to make NFL roster5.01-5.19: Better-than-average chance to make NFL roster5.20-5.49: NFL backup or special teams potential5.50-5.99: Chance to become NFL starter6.00-6.49: Should become instant starter6.50-6.99: Chance to become Pro Bowl-caliber player7.00-7.49: Pro Bowl-caliber player

The 6-foot-1, 260-pounder from Colorado State spent a week on the active roster. He was inactive for Sunday’s win versus San Francisco.

Barrett, 21, was the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-Mountain West selection as a senior last season for the Rams. He also received an honorable All-America honor from Sports Illustrated.

Mike Klis has been with The Denver Post since 1998, after working 13 years with the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. Major League Baseball was Klis' initial passion. He started covering the Colorado Rockies after Coors Field was approved for construction in August 1990.

Nicki Jhabvala is the Sports Digital News Editor for The Denver Post. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor, and she was most recently the overnight home page editor at the New York Times. She has reported regularly on the Broncos since joining the staff.

A published author and award-winning journalist, Benjamin Hochman is a sports columnist for The Denver Post. He previously worked on the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, winners of two Pulitzer Prizes for their Hurricane Katrina coverage.